Schools

The D.C. Attorney General’s office will partner with Georgetown University Law Center and George Washington University Law School to appoint 10 recent law school graduates as Charles (Chuck) F.C. Ruff Fellows who will work for a year on District of Columbia legal issues, Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan announced today.

The DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) has selected Scott Pearson to serve as the organization’s new Executive Director. Pearson, a District resident, brings impressive credentials to the position. He co-founded a charter management organization in San Francisco that serves low-income high school students throughout the Bay Area and, most recently, oversaw charter school programs at the U.S. Department of Education. His first day at the Board will be January 9, 2012.

Last night, November 30, DC SCORES held the first part of their annual Poetry Slam at the Columbia Heights Education Campus.

Student athletes from 14 DC SCORES elementary and middle schools took to the stage and put on quite a show.

Each elementary school performed two original group poems and one original individual poem, while teams from the participating middle schools performed one, two, or three songs that grew out of their original poetry.

In the elementary school group, Bancroft took 3rd place, H.D. Cooke took 2nd place, and Perry Street Prep claimed the top prize. Shaw won first place for the middle schools, and Lincoln was awarded second.

Georgetown University is hosting a reception and panel discussion with Americans Elect, Ruck.Us and Votifi to consider new tools for engaging in the 2012 election on November 17 at 8:00 p.m. in the Copley Formal Lounge.

In his ongoing effort to elevate high school sports in the District of Columbia, Mayor Gray today will announce updates to this year’s annual Thanksgiving Day tradition. The 42nd Annual Safeway Turkey Bowl will pit the Dunbar Senior High School Crimson Tide against the Coolidge Senior High School Colts for the Turkey Bowl Championship. The game will be played on Thursday, November 24, 11:00 am at Eastern High School, 1700 East Capitol Street, NE.